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Balistapus aculeatus(Linnaeus). Cars ->r7. 
Head 2 2/3 to 2 7/8; depth 21/4 to 2 2/5; D. ii or iii, 
21 to 23; A. 11, 19 or 20; scales 40 to 43 from upper end of 
gill-opening to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on latter; 26 to 
30 scales between rictus and gill-opening; 32 to 40 scales 
transversely from spinous dorsal origin to pubic spine; eye 
5 1/8 to 5 1/2 in head; interorbital 3 2/5 to 4 1/8; head 
width 1 4/5 to 2, 
Color in alcohol brownish generally. Fot?P whitish bands 
across interorbital, 2 median wider and and define 3 narrow 
deep brown lines. Outer pale line from above extends down to 
front of pectoral base, also third runs from lower front eye 
edge. Obscure deep brown band from mouth angle to lower pecto- 
ral base, margined below with whitish line, which variably dis- 
tinct. Narrow whitish dr pale blue line crosses upper lip 
basally. Three rows of retrorse spines, dark brown basally, 
along side of caudal peduncle, outer edges of patch broadly 
whitish, Whit¢shcdbktineofrom* large sdales behind gill-opening 
to vent, followed by deep brown band 2 or 3 scales wide, then 
2 close-set white parallel bands, also broader dark band 2 
scales wide, and finally another pair of white close-set bands 
though last little more separated{ Vent dusky. Fins all dull 
brown, Dusky vertical bar before pectoral base. “ength 138 
to 173 mm, Two from Fiji, one from Samoa, one labeled "Pacific’ 
and another without locality, doubtless from Polynesia? 
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